Philosophy - Divine Word College

Philosophy from Divine Word College is a Campus Bachelor Philosophy degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. General Objectives The Philosophy program strives to foster an awareness of philosophical problems basic to understanding the nature of being, knowledge, the human person, the good life and the good society. Students are challenged to read primary works by historically important philosophers and to enter into reflective dialogue with them. The program presents different philosophical views assisting students to discover the underlying principles and methods of these views and to critically assess them. The program seeks to help students, in the course of their studies, to experience the integration of philosophy with life and to begin development of their own Christian philosophy . In the Senior Seminar, the capstone course for the Philosophy program, students are asked to do this integration. See "Assessment in the Major". Student Learning Outcomes: Graduates with a major in philosophy should have the requisite knowledge and critical skills to: read and understand, in significant detail, primary works of great philosophers; recognize problems and/or solutions encountered in philosophical works, be able to critically assess the corresponding strengths and weaknesses of these problems and/or solutions and pose alternatives; be able to think and write philosophically by using analytical and research skills; understand both the distinction and interconnection between the basic philosophical areas of human nature, metaphysics, ethics, epistemology and logic; begin to formulate a Christian philosophical view of their own; detect philosophical ideas, arguments, and assumptions in fields such as film, literature, music, art, science and theology; be able to utilize diverse methods of reasoning in recognizing and evaluating good and bad arguments and have the ability to apply these skills to philosophical argumentation. View more details on Divine Word College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Philosophy courses.